Statistics, if not properly explained, can become deceiving. Such is the case with Malian refugees in Niger. The total figure of around 50,000 has not changed since 2013 (51,700 at the end of 2013 and 52,500 today). What looks like a static situation and the same population is not the case. A recent...

Joint UNHCR, UNICEF, IOM Press Release GENEVA, 16 February 2016 – An average of two children have drowned every day since September 2015 as their families try to cross the eastern Mediterranean, and the number of child deaths is growing said IOM, UNHCR, and UNICEF. The agencies are calling for enha...

Central African Republic - Days after the inauguration of a new president, Faustin Touadéra, IOM and local people celebrated the completed rehabilitation of a social centre and a market in Bangui in the Central African Republic (CAR). The initiative was part of IOM’s European Union (EU)-funded Commu...